MOLINE, Ill. -- The Grand Rapids Griffins are keeping pace with the top teams in the AHL North Division.

Shaking off a second-period goal by the Quad City Flames, the Griffins struck back with three scores of their own in the third period and beat the Flames 3-1.

Grand Rapids now has an 8-2-2 record and 19 points, four points behind the Syracuse Crunch and Hamilton Bulldogs and three points behind the Manitoba Moose, who played Toronto on Saturday.

Warren Peters scored for Quad City at 3:39 of the second period before Grand Rapids rallied.

With 13:12 remaining in the game, Justin Abdelkader notched his eighth goal of the season off assists by Landon Wilson and Garrett Stafford.

Five minutes later, Francis Pare scored his fourth goal of the season. Quad City pulled its goalie late to bring a sixth attacker on the ice, but the Griffins responded with an insurance goal by Ryan Oulahen, his fifth of the season, with 1:06 to go. Darren Helm was credited with the assist.

Daniel Larson turned back 29 of 30 shots for the Griffins, who now travel to Milwaukee for the first of two games against the Admirals. Grand Rapids has games on Sunday and Tuesday.